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The next morning I went in to try to see what the hold up was on the transfer.  Of course, I knew it was the 30,000 SAR, but I thought it was worth it to play dumb.

I went in and found my bald friend, who this time didn't reprimand me on my poor Arabic, but instead chided me for my long absence.  I told him I was waiting for my transfer.  He told me they were waiting for the money.  I asked him what the money was for, since I had already paid him the 5,650 SAR, supposedly to transfer me in the first place.  He shrugged and said I would need to talk to Dr. Salah.  I spoke to Dr. Salah, who said I would need to talk to Dr. Salem since it was out of his hands.

Dr. Salem was not in, so I asked the bald guy to make an appointment for me with Dr. Salem for the next day.  He told me to come around 10am and I would find him there.  I came at around 10am and waited 3 hours.  He never showed up.  I told the bald guy to call me when Dr. Salem arrived the next day, and I would come in 30 minutes by taxi to talk to him, but I didn't want to waste another day of waiting around for someone who wouldn't show up.

The bald guy never called me the next day.  I called him around 1pm and he told me that Dr. Salem hadn't arrived.  I told him to please schedule an appointment for me and I would come, but he had to be sure Dr. Salem would be there.   He said he would.

In the meantime, I sent Dr. Salem and email and a text message, asking him to clarify why they wanted me to pay this money, pointing out what I had already paid.  He never responded.

I called again the next day, no Dr. Salem.  I called again the following day, and he was in, but couldn't wait the 30 minutes it would take me to get there by taxi.

I gave up.  For me, there was really no incentive to push the matter since I was happily working away at SAGIA.  If they didn't mind leaving things hanging, then I certainly didn't mind, either.